Tire-fastening device.



F. P. l0HNSON. TIRE FASTENING DEVICE.

APPLICATIQN FILED DEC-7.1915- Patented Ami 0,1917

3 SHEETS-SHEET i.

W1 TNESSES:

would I F. P. JOHNSON. I TIRE FASTENING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED DEC-7119K)- Patanted Apr. 10, 1917i 3 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

a v v I; mrwhmmmwon,

F. P. JOHNSON;

TIRE FASTENING DEVI CE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 1. I915.

1,222,21 1 Pa tented Apr. 10, 1917.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

WITNESSES:

' j 'rmlim r. J oiinsdfi, or-ninvtnm, PENNSYI m me.

El. TIRE-FASTENING nnvxcn.

Zt wh m it maypbncem: itlrnini-n that I, FRANK l.

tiltilz ti l' l .ofthe United States, residing at Denville in the 'county of Montour and 5 tfytate of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and;'usefulf'lire hastening Device, of which the fQllQwing is a specification. his tipention-has reference to tire 'fasteningtdevioes, and-its object isito provide a ,Jo NsoN, at

simple, effective, easily operated and auto-- lnzitieally retainable; locking device for a, split; tire-rem ining ring for the rim of an a gui toniohile wheel. 1

lt is jgcustomary to providethfe rims of a nto'mobile:1nd;sin1ilnr wheels with t; split le cking'ring for retaininge pneumatic tire wee s r m. ended De h e efit ready n' oval therefrom" In some instances. the split'ring is; nti liz-ed to directly engage the tire bead, being suitably shaped for the purpgiee. In ,other'cases the tire head is directly seated in "a 'CllCllIILfBI'BIlh'l'iliiff "continuous fiinge,"wl1ich,-l1owever, is removable from the;swlieeli ri-mgandisheld in place-by a split 5 'lgekihg-rin'g: In j-eitherconstruction the splitring tliepart which becomes efiective L39 to hold-the tire, iipbl the Wheel rim and to 'permitdts "ready removal therefrom- In accordance with the present inventiolf aglnckinfg device is provided upon the Wheel rim' to; engage; the ,adj acent ends of the split m gringdand, -tl1ereb {hold it in the groove or channel customarily provided 'on'the rnnfor I thetreception ofthesplit ring. I l

I he' lmkinga-device of the present-i-nventienkish rotatable device-provided with-e eggstem tra-ve'rs n the mm at a certam point inL-ithe'tcircn-in er'ence thereof at'th'e groove 40 vice has an elongatedi head a what consti tlitesthe outer end so :dispog d that when Mgtdrned in ulinementmvithtthe ring itw-ill shimltaneously: override; or otherwise engage the F adj acent @endswof suitable I locking memor chlinnel; andthe 'steniiof tlis locking-de- 5' her thereomwhiletheother or inner end of theristemfis providedwvith another head i i eszqii-efemblyfiof polygcnalsha-pe fortherrecep tionoi 'a rsuitablewtiirning tool, such as: a

wr eh orfzi pair of pliers, usuall he f0 n 'the" kit en'antomobile.

I dancewithtlie present invention "tube oclnng heed-"ofthe-lockingnevice 15,111

in o'm'is', "of the invention, so situated I "with the ire-that ata iled description, taken n standing that while the! drawi'n to the corresponding head 'of hen the head-is in locking" re-- p lationte t'li' ed'jhkcentends of the split ring,

Wit-1 1 v 1 i Specification of Letters Patent. P t t Apr. 10, 1917, Application filed December 7,- 1915 serial'no. 65,5 so.

the tire bezid bears against one long side of the locking head and thereby efiectively holds the locking levice against accidental turning from the locking position to the unlocking position, this being an automatic any kind of holding device ormechsnism. Such locking head is, however, so constructed that upon the application of a turning force designedly applied to the head att'he inner end of the stem of the locking device, thelatter may be rotated sufficiently to nelease the locking ring-,- the rotation effected if necessary againstithe expansive tendency of the pneumatic tire at the been action W thout the presence, or necessity of Even the expansive force exerted by the outer casing on a pneumatic tire when the inner tube is deflated is sufficient/"t0 hold the locking device in the locking aosition by engagement of the wrresponding tire head with the locking hea d, so thz' t in the event of the accidental deflation o {ta tire, as by split ring remains reliably effective.

, The manipulating; head "of theklockingdevice is useful whether the ring holding or retaining head he on the outer or tire-receiving port onsof the 'rim, or whether the split rings have lugs extending through the rinito the inner fa ce thereof and the lock ing head be there located. In either instance the'manipu'la ting' head is on the inner end of the stem and the stemextends radi ally of the rim bet een theadjacent ends of the splitring when in place andjthe ring radial to the rim;

a puncture or bio -out, thelockihg of the r .so

locking .deviceis rotatable about an axis 1 The-locking devize of the present invention is in part shown and described, but not claimed, in my'orior applications Serial No. 699,965, filed'lvia -ei', 1912; SerialfNo.

751,375, filed Feb. 28,:191'3, and renewed Dec. 17, 1913, under Serial No." 807,356;

Serial-No. 778,949, filedlililly 14,1913, and

Serial no. 10,069, fi'ied e b. 3; 1915, all the v ces. J M i Theinventi'on will be fbest understood from "a considerationof the following deconnection with applications relating .to he fststeriingdep.

the a ccompanying drawi iigs' 'forn'1 ing=part.

of this specification, with "the further undershow a practical form! o-fothe in'v 'ntion, e letteris not," confined to any gstri t conformity {with -the-showing oi the drawings, but may he v 1 1 v v. i i

, e the ,The meeting end pt" overhanging port on h notches or recesses I ring 4 is in place n the g ,the'overhanging portions 16 pinch closer together than the adja" portions of the ring within the channel 32 f Wh'en the tire 7 is properly lodged on the rim 1, and. the split ring {is )roperly seated in the channel 3, with the lot-icing head 9 positioned lengtl'nviseof the channel, so that it enters the recesses and thereby holds the meeting ends of the ring" in the channel withvthe lugs l2,ivithin the notchesl-sythe inflation of the inner tubeof the'tire'can'ses the beads of the tire to engage. in the flange 2on one 'sideand the groove 5 of the splitring on the"'other;side,j The notclijesg-or recesses 15 extend laterally entirely 't hrm-igh that portion ofthe' split'rin'g in whichthey 'al'ejformed; and the width'of the headilf'is A such that the bead of the tire entering the roove 5 bears against the corresponding ong side of the head 9, wvherefore the look ing device for the split ring is in turn efl'ectirel" vloote against tu ning by the t re itse'l this locking of the lockingvdevice being Wholly automatic and completely doing away with the necessity of any means for retaining "the locking cle viceiin the locking position. p v To remove the p'nenma ti; tire from the rim it is, of course, necessary toy-deflate the tire, and then thesplitming 4 n1ay bereleased from thelocking"deyice hy giving to thela tter a quarter turn, so t h'ht/the head 9 is (positioned transversely of the chimnel 3 an ofjthewidei portion ofi the spilt 13. i The turning of the head '9 into transverse relation to the groove 3 is readily performed l) the applicatlon of a'w'renel'i or a pair of p iers to the head 11, which latter is usually made hexagonal, although any other polygonal or non-circular forin 'may' be employed. In fact, the head 11 may be of any suitable shape, whereby a ttn-ning force may be applied thereto in order to move thehead or button 9 from the locking position into the i i the tire carrying mnhi ndicetednt 2,1,? is" I unlocking position. y a

Even after-the pen natic tire is "Ele'flhted i it hasa tendency to reta n itsposition in 'the roove 5, and so hold thehead or-button 9 1n the lockingposition, wherefore should the /1' the become accidentally. deflated because of puncture or blow-Ont, "it is still retained upon the rim with thelpckingring locked to the rim and jw ith; the head of 'th'etire bearing against the head 9 with considerable pressure. This necessitatesthe application of considerable force to turntheilocking device to the nnlocki ng position, but suchforc-e may 'he readily applied by means of a wrench or a pair pliers,;such as'isicns- IOlIlEt-Ill) found in the toolkit of an automo- 06 bile. The head il'could, of -conrseabe so U rip e11 its na n i 13 nlatio if solel 7 when the W i 7., k d of 'app repriate size "to per$t 4 I BY -the fingensof the operator, at: it is; presents!e te sne ehhe shaped an formsa part of t ie automobile toolkit;

head -11 rm the application of'artool sliehfl'its The lockin ture 'in which both'a split locliiirgring and a solid or 'circlunf rentially unhrokenf'tu'e holding ring is ni ')l oye'd,' the tire-lmhlhig device! of the present invention is as app cabl'eto a tire; etannfii'gisttucring being in, the nature ofremova-ble flange applied to the"wheel rini. In th I "structnre'ofFig s. 5 andfiythe rim'l with it inner flange 2' on: one side: and'chjannel; on the other side, and also: thelo'c'king device maple up at the heads'9 and-11 and stein-1d arena seine as shown and described -in=-I i:g.

'1 and associated figures." In Figs; 5 tint-k6 (l nge ILZ having a passage lather-e- Mough chiu'esponding to "the-notches 15 of the split ring t, sdthat-when the ring eo'r the head 9 through the passage 18, thus arts :1 Instead 0 receiving the head of the tire,"the st-rnctn re in the locking position. providing a split locking ring "with an extension constituting fa flange for of Figs. 5 to 8 is n-oyidedwithaseparate i 3; and Whe in the'chaiiineliand held therein by the head? ct the, H engaging andh Jldmgthe rin 17 on 'thje rim split locki ring 19 adapted-to :the chann'el' ticn" of the beat fof the-tire exposedthropgh the openingor passage 18 contactjswithaone or L t1 .rning Whenthe tirewisf inslong side of the head to hold tliel ock-ing vdevice against flat/6dr i (i If In the structure shown 'f Figsvll, W15

cylindrical throughout its width, terminate "ing at the sides in channels 22-,While irn.

'termed-iately oi-the sidesthe rim is formed with 'circnmfei entiaL beads 23 designed tt') "engage a plate 2 l-havingbeveled-sideedges 25, 26, 'so' that the riilnmay liereaidilyfre-v moved from the'whe'elwith the tire thereon j -i wherefore the "rim is a demounteblerim,

"hi1 ch as shhwn and-described in tiny agpplica- 1 p "device therefor in theu-showing iof Figsi' ll ;to 15"aresuhs'zantially-thesame" as 'in the showing of Fig.5 1 andassocisited figures the d -in @F-igfsa 1- to 4.; no

with a groove 28..

- In any case the lug} my through the. hi the lch'e mel 3., by wgy efppssages BO-silitfiblll spaced; apart 0 the p S- 4 lmdfil. I we l th cm -otthmhannel'p interned, of the pas segesflpis a mdmnydirwm upon whihi's mounted :a .82: m "61.- .d hef. Su tabl .cli fl 'i'w' i i afflleckingidevice. vi vith en. eiojii ated locki head aor ubutton aa'ttcone le'n' enter notches: .34 Lin those edges. of 29 facing each other. Secured to'th side. waillof ,theehuh i'el: 3 "is "a. 5 "haivitigeiie end feet I v nel iansl. therqthfir id .r p i 'el. as; lndi wd @136, s as to' I agains the heed-82 I P. @8 with he return'porti u'fifi m. $0.1;sitamted. that l e-ihQaiBQ. 'hFFS 3 e vprpjee'ting portion. 91: the application of a .t661- /-wi.thout' intet fere'nce' from either the lugs er th e-sp'ring.a

While in thehtruptuzeof Figs, 9. .nnd 10 9 the expahsiomgi.the'tii'e is not utilized for l d-[ding the locking deviee in the lucki -'positibn,' ithds means whereby the, locking device is; readily inovl'ed from the. locking gjiips'itinn t0;- the imlik'king position, or the revetse,1 y'inafls.-6f oi'ie" of the tools usually firesl'itriii an m' jttimobile tool" kit, the same as the 'l ggeking ileyicesshown in the other figures =.o. the drawing.- NY-hen the locking device f Figsljl) m1 10"is-:in thelecking position,

faces. of :1; e haul -32 and thei-ehy ((fectively the lnekirigllevioe ii the locking p.0- ei'ti on fa'gitinst "lbeiihi itiil d-nshwement;

{ii iiti'r ihfifefm ity {with the ctfessearly sq l'mre reithe-chnhi ells" This permits theienr the m t-(lee) 9455a filial-hi or hand, "such 'as the- .one-dfi-its plane feces. r-The lugs the slain" 35 bears against :one of. the flat The -eham1els- 3 a show.- i with slanting sides and :t flat bQttom instead fiieing of wneiwe-miii-figurat im midthe lQQklIi'g ings n t-e p revideil gili the 14m Fifi-E9, beef a length more-then with'pitrts -cgaethig"with-the head and r m ibout ththieknesci'ef 'the be tem of t e in I Q we simply serving as p mgymdr-inter, :kin' lugs;

rihgtheye 1Q a recess g ed'to open-a a; locking d of a ain-.10 extending thQDth'il e'ridyhaviiig 'an'other head, 11

.so that when the: huttdn' 9 is turned in. mm

direction it will pass thrugh the inti'J2.'u-.-- ntion 38 and when in. the other direction win pull, while in.

siiiiila-I t9 the iocking'buttmsjpfthe other censtruetions shown in the drawings. The I lock ifi'the cut oht 37.- On opposite sides nf.

thestem 10 and. suitably spaced therefrom the rim .1 has passages 39 through the hottOi'u -0f the channel 3, thesepasseg es being so shaped as to be tm'y eried by the lug 29? for the letter to lock tor-the llmg'thfi other end of. the ring 27 being held to' theirir'n by.

the buttmi9. Two paafieges "39 alien when it is desired to revlsethe ring 27%:

- Inall forms Of the inventigh, qxe t Figs. 9 and 10, it will be noted .th'at the. ok'mg fheild of the-button Wheniinits leaked-15681 eedesl ti'nn intersects the tire aeat. and bears against the bead 'ef-the outer using.- 10' unieek the tire-retaiining ring, the butt-0n must beftur ed to a transverse position. It. wouldbe 1mpossili'le fmit to tum with the tire bearing against the side of the. button, and this. is lmittieularly fluted.

Yhht is chtinled isf In ll; tire fa'steni gl device, g. li' im, a t ino-retnlining ring detireh ibly' mmmti 'o'n the. rim ,a m'd jIjUflQQkiQfi therewith, Maia. I peki g dev ice for the ting having in leek-j .iq g portion'mnvahie 11mm a position in 1 1 6 ti-iie when the inner tube isim;

iv-ith-the' ring :to a' ipos'itidii ttans'versethei'e-J 'In ii-tire fastening levice, u fim; t. tire fretn'ini-ng'rin detachablygmeunted0m th the. ri .hevin' a I6ckiiig. inenglof-grehteplenigtht 1m" widt sai l'leekfling devicebei qr'otittahle en an-ax ssub "to, 'sltiil [)Oift-ifli} when. iii-theiiist v. mentioned pQSltiml 'beipg' disposed ii 'xs'uch, close :reluthm to the mite:- easing ofthetire i I I g I 1,222,211

to hold thejloekihgjdeviee jageintmoneln nt J lengthwise of its axis of rotation, end 'said head havifi the-facetowerd'th rim'mhveble o'ver the letter in close reletion thereto with one long sid'e of the head engeged=' by i the entereasing; of: the tnre when the head is Belay-hymn: ou e f as g fi e 3.111 afltire fastening-device, avrim, a reeessegl tire-zfetaininglring detaehably nifonntlee-king" I of'the g fiblll a position in line with the ring toa positon transverse thereto, said I ejsmgofi the tirethat it is held ind interj'loeking therewith, v nnd a lockbe n king; device :heing at: all times iovem'en-t lengthwise of its Mend having nj lookingpore" rotary moveiiient thereof linkingengagement with'th'e r m; s id tion carried By; into and out o tire-ll etniningi'ing, and said locking portion having:- a' range of rotetiye 'Ino'vement' of substimtiel'iy 90? from the locked to the nn-.

locked position and when in its normal locked position being a getll-in j uxtg posi tion to the outer easing the tire so ast o be new solely tlierehy from tl-n ning.

6. In it tire' eteningldevi split tiie-retniniii ring d'etn'ehi hiy mountengiigeme'ntwith tiieti're-retnining ring, and 1 when in lockedposition: being indirect enni 'edi 6 Mil f ne I I "and interlocking] therewith, (1 a" loekin devicefor'the ringhaving a {on movable in the recessed part 7 nvlwhen in the first-mentioned igto 10kthe ring to the rim osed in sueh elose relation to 1e t-telpini )ml mon in g te th esee- I A I I niiig devi ee, 2i rind, aftiie i-eta nmg ringfletachnhly mounted on the g (leviee' revoluhlymounted on thel'inl to ,fiu e round an axis which is redial tQ'the at zilltimes n 'hWin- 6If i tg t on .n n -l having :1 loeking'hezul V a-rried by the rotary movement etaini n'g ring; and in"v the locked 'posi-' StItut'es; the solelne:

' split tire -retnining ring fgh [loeki'n'igde ee mountl in'g device "revo'hl-bly mounted on :the rim to" rotate eponndnn' 'axi'siyhieh radial to the. j I I ing at n l] "times i so as to em: tent w th the uter easing t "-innl he hei l1 soieiythel'ehy rowan jgugemen t with the head of the outer casing, f'hlflt'fihtiilh theronl'* into and tlll'hpf' lot-kn whereby the ioliter-ensing of the ti re eonsti rimnn dmni nbie", M lation' thei' am, said end tion in ponition to be casing of f,he tii ifwh'e lockingpo sition; 1 r eonstitutesthe, sole the: S' 0 ho heed. ith a locking post 8. In" a the fa 'st eni' "'nfijdeta i'etoiinin the kitten in elose ifelat long side i n, positiongto' be the held h y the ring wh o looking gle-"ieeiliti' lo I I 9. In a tnfeizn en n v n 111ml; intel ioei au'ounila r udinl nix-is v'hie lengthwise of itsi xis of}. t revohlbie on snip] nxisg, in the )sel tire and nlio having it .lm ldngg l wml enrriegi 110 by the rota 'n iovmnent thereof int :1 ml. out

of looking engagemei-it .with 'thi ti, ing ring said i 'in'gh'iwing nee tl1e hend of the locking device in which liein m table/,

and said In ml heinglexposed ilt the-i iner ,eille "115.-

of the ring; to intefseet.tiffesen't'o. the tire, I

hereof entail turning. I I I 10! In a tire fi stening device, it ing it eireilmfe 'enthl ehitnin'si, spin (1- lugs prrwidi xli'i ti ehunnehY-n,HPI" tiri retziiihj ing ring hav notehes neiir ,iniveting' ends to re -|g i,'n:.io(hin'gileviee 'evollihiy {no around it rnii' 'hielextends between"; theends of the ri (l loekin'giievii-ie i i v-' ing iil iu-fliing;heml engrrieiii liy the rut I the Fifi-'1 to rotate 1215f fsaid head sense ring and adapted to channel, lugs on] one part a locking device 'coma the tire seat of the at at its inner side against the outer oaain so as-tobe held solely thereby firom aoci ental tur nng.

1 1 A device of the class deseri ,com- P s 4. nel',.a split t re-retaining ring with r at .he meeting ends and mounted in the fitted in notches of the wherein, a prising s, stemfextendmg through the bottom of the rim and .an elongated head rotate le-in theirecesses of the ring an'dof a length to engae and lock the meetingends of the ring w en aimed therewith and'of a width to pass betweenthe ends o'f'the' )ring when transverse thereof,

' said ;..Head movement len" 1 at all timesheld against p wise'ofits axis of rotation and' whenfifi" ts'rlockingfposition be' dissuch OiOSGl'GlittlQIl to the tire tting 1 'the sin against the ring as to be held solelythereby from-rotative movement,

12.9111 1 a tire fastening prisin'g' a turn button v v device provided with afsglit tire-retaining ring, a locking de- 'olding the s lit-ring in place comaving a head adapted overlap and-engagethemeeting ends of 'andhavmg-the'end remote from theiliea non=eireular in shape to receive a; wrench or the like for, tyrnin'g the locking device into andout. of lock ng engagement 1 with'th P i 18.51.11 a de ice of the class described, a

rim a split tire-retaining ring detachably m on and interloekin with therim, kin device carrie by 'the wheel 5 0G. ,riinilsaid'lockm devi havinga stem radial device is rotatable,

as, ee also having a lockin U eed elongatediransverse'l to theaxis 0 head exposed on the a rim with a circumferential chan- 'lockm latingtool for rotating J erim a'nd'a outthe longitudinal axis of engage and 1101 said-ring when in one position, and. to release said ring when in another position,

side of the wheel rim toward the axis of .the wheel and non-cit:

and a manipulatingcular in she e to receive a wrench or the like for the a p ication of turning forces to said evice. v I

14'. device of: the class described, comprising a rim, a s lit-tire-ret-ainin ringdetachably niounte on and interloc ing with the rim, and a locking device rotatably mou-ntedon the rim with its axis of rotation radial to the rim and extending between .the meeting ends or the ring, said locking device having at one end a locking head movable by'rotation or said locking device into and. out of locking engagement with the meeting endsof the split tire-engaging ring an'd at the other end having a polygonal head for the application of a manipulating tool.

15. A device of the class described, comprising a rim, a split tire-retainin rih gdetachably mounted on and interloc ring with the .rim, and a locking device ro'tiitably mounted on the rim with, its axis of rotation radial to the rim and extending between the ends of the ring, said locking device comprising a stem, elongated. perpendicular to the length *of the stem. to engage and lock the meeting ends of the ring and of a width topassfbetween the meeting ends of the ring,'a'nd aiiother head at the other end of the stem and therefreely accessible, saidhead being of polygonal cross-section and 'free to receive a manipu:

the locking device. In testimony my own, I have hereto afiixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses. i -FRANK JOHNSON. Witnesses: U

G. SHooi? HUNT, F; W. Mean-m.

a head at one end of the stem that I claim the foregoing as 

